1 00:01:36,30 --> 00:01:39,84 Good evening and welcome to our live tonight the producers group are proud to 2 00:01:39,85 --> 00:01:40,30 present 3 00:01:40,31 --> 00:01:45,17 a celebration of access and i community special really community organizations here 4 00:01:45,18 --> 00:01:49,50 in Somerville and how they use video with me and for our first guest is Jerry field 5 00:01:49,73 --> 00:01:53,42 who's the executive director here at scat some real community access television are 6 00:01:53,43 --> 00:01:58,87 finally known as scat. Internet I just want to ask you how many organizations are 7 00:01:58,88 --> 00:02:04,57 involved in here at Scott right now as former members of Scott Community 8 00:02:04,58 --> 00:02:08,59 Organizations can join Scott and take full advantage of the access resources that 9 00:02:08,60 --> 00:02:13,98 we have here training and access to the Channel we have right now thirty two 10 00:02:13,99 --> 00:02:18,50 different organizations and some are go. There are lots of other ways so that other 11 00:02:18,51 --> 00:02:24,81 organizations take advantage of the access to the channel that we offer last year 12 00:02:24,82 --> 00:02:29,50 we estimated that there were about eighty Summerville based organizations that use 13 00:02:29,51 --> 00:02:30,56 the community bulletin board on 14 00:02:30,57 --> 00:02:36,56 a regular basis and what is that if right now on channel three and channel twenty 15 00:02:36,57 --> 00:02:39,44 two this program is from the studio down in Union Square and it's 16 00:02:39,45 --> 00:02:44,47 a live program and then there will be later on this evening tape programs that will 17 00:02:44,48 --> 00:02:49,28 be run from here run we finish what we call playback or playing playing those tapes 18 00:02:49,29 --> 00:02:53,43 back for you to see at home with them put on what we call a community building 19 00:02:53,44 --> 00:02:56,96 a board and that's the pages or the screens of information about different 20 00:02:56,97 --> 00:03:03,96 organizations penny sales yard sales different kinds of meetings that kind 21 00:03:03,97 --> 00:03:08,65 of thing. And that's one of the parts of one of the services on cable that I think 22 00:03:08,66 --> 00:03:09,48 actually does get 23 00:03:09,49 --> 00:03:13,69 a lot of viewers not too many people sit down and watch it for hours on end but 24 00:03:13,70 --> 00:03:15,66 it's the kind of thing where it's a service that 25 00:03:15,73 --> 00:03:17,38 a lot of organizations use to get to 26 00:03:17,39 --> 00:03:21,83 a lot of people as people who are quickly going from channel to channel whatever 27 00:03:21,84 --> 00:03:25,31 it's a good way to get notices out but it's the same way that 28 00:03:25,32 --> 00:03:26,19 a celeb trying to build 29 00:03:26,20 --> 00:03:30,32 a board Well I know some of the has one of the oldest histories around access in 30 00:03:30,33 --> 00:03:34,27 the country was it that's in seventy three seventy two seventy three that's 31 00:03:34,28 --> 00:03:38,31 a long time but. Terms of Scott as an organization we've been around for how long 32 00:03:38,32 --> 00:03:42,86 how many since incorporated in one thousand nine hundred three and we've been in 33 00:03:42,87 --> 00:03:46,60 this building here in the old fire station in Union Square since one thousand nine 34 00:03:46,61 --> 00:03:48,53 hundred five. For 35 00:03:48,54 --> 00:03:53,20 a couple of years we ran out of the Davis Square and then we have the first floor 36 00:03:53,21 --> 00:03:54,69 of the fire station converted into 37 00:03:54,70 --> 00:03:58,44 a studio and offices and we've been here now for a little over three years so it's 38 00:03:58,45 --> 00:04:03,31 a nice space. How about some of the also I mean it's not unusual in 39 00:04:03,32 --> 00:04:06,62 a sense there's three different kind of access the community can take what are 40 00:04:06,63 --> 00:04:11,84 those who don't know yet the the public access channel if you're watching us right 41 00:04:11,85 --> 00:04:15,16 now tonight on Channel three you're watching on the public access channel and 42 00:04:15,17 --> 00:04:18,60 that's the channel the want to first come first serve basis to anybody in the 43 00:04:18,61 --> 00:04:23,30 community of summer go. The educational access channel which is on channel twenty 44 00:04:23,31 --> 00:04:25,14 two is also 45 00:04:25,15 --> 00:04:32,08 a channel that Scott operates and manages and through the group that I 46 00:04:32,09 --> 00:04:35,56 know that we wanted to mention tonight to the Somerville educational cable Council 47 00:04:35,88 --> 00:04:41,100 that provides feedback to us about the programming on that channel during the day 48 00:04:42,05 --> 00:04:44,78 channel twenty two is primarily it's the learning channel which is 49 00:04:44,79 --> 00:04:49,54 a nationally available service and on three evenings during the week Monday Tuesday 50 00:04:49,55 --> 00:04:51,13 and Wednesday evening as we provide 51 00:04:51,41 --> 00:04:55,73 a river RAII of what we call right to call community education programming local 52 00:04:55,74 --> 00:05:02,71 Summerville based meetings programs are idea programs and the third channel that's 53 00:05:02,72 --> 00:05:06,91 available was the is what's called City cable and channel sixteen that's 54 00:05:06,95 --> 00:05:10,95 a program by people of the people up at city hall the office of telecommunications 55 00:05:11,54 --> 00:05:14,92 Well I know I have I'm just going to cue that we only have one minute left so I 56 00:05:14,93 --> 00:05:19,78 hesitate to ask you this question but I have to have. A life you know the meaning 57 00:05:19,79 --> 00:05:24,84 of life you know we saw I wonderful demonstration today and I just want to you know 58 00:05:24,85 --> 00:05:26,06 start off the show with sort of 59 00:05:26,37 --> 00:05:31,13 a glimpse into the future of organizational access what do we see that day that we 60 00:05:31,14 --> 00:05:31,27 had 61 00:05:31,28 --> 00:05:36,15 a test today of something that we actually formally be watching tomorrow. During the 62 00:05:36,30 --> 00:05:40,91 annual meeting of the some of the logic ational cable Council of the institutional 63 00:05:40,92 --> 00:05:41,83 network it's 64 00:05:41,84 --> 00:05:44,80 a different part of the cable system that people won't be able to see in their 65 00:05:44,81 --> 00:05:49,43 homes. Not all the time we will be able to do some special programming with that 66 00:05:49,66 --> 00:05:53,44 but it allows different institutions within Summerville usually public institutions 67 00:05:53,45 --> 00:05:58,14 or nonprofit organizations to communicate to each other two way video and what was 68 00:05:58,15 --> 00:05:58,77 sad today was 69 00:05:58,78 --> 00:06:03,10 a demonstration from the superintendent's office between our conference room and 70 00:06:03,11 --> 00:06:07,32 the superintendent's office of a two way interactive video meeting so so we have 71 00:06:07,33 --> 00:06:10,68 a right of really fun stuff to look forward to and so we're going to have 72 00:06:10,69 --> 00:06:15,25 a lot of ways to flex their access muscles and his beat the rest of our show is 73 00:06:15,26 --> 00:06:15,78 going to be have 74 00:06:15,79 --> 00:06:19,12 a lot of different guests on talking about very different ways that they've used 75 00:06:19,13 --> 00:06:20,06 public access as 76 00:06:20,07 --> 00:06:23,45 a community organization but right now we're going to start off with 77 00:06:23,49 --> 00:06:27,94 a wonderful montage tape that was added to this afternoon by Abigail Norman and 78 00:06:27,95 --> 00:06:32,79 it's all about generations and we'll be joined by those producers with that show 79 00:06:32,80 --> 00:06:37,87 after the tape so stay with us. Oh. 80 00:06:45,46 --> 00:06:50,09 The members of the some of the walking clubs and their friends met and some other 81 00:06:50,10 --> 00:06:56,09 community to do to learn how to use video equipment this was their first class in 82 00:06:56,10 --> 00:07:02,37 the art and there are already at the end of the era 83 00:07:02,96 --> 00:07:09,24 everyone going to see the all the earlier the 84 00:07:09,25 --> 00:07:10,08 better. 85 00:07:19,50 --> 00:07:22,08 The image while. 86 00:07:26,26 --> 00:07:33,19 The Internet. Well. 87 00:07:34,23 --> 00:07:38,88 We didn't even want to try to bag Barry Harada our lawn to say about it without 88 00:07:38,99 --> 00:07:45,58 police have. Released the Arabic speaker yet for the average 89 00:07:46,30 --> 00:07:50,71 Sharon to have. Peace is one of the. 90 00:07:54,14 --> 00:07:55,70 Event and you can. 91 00:08:10,07 --> 00:08:16,03 Hear them in the room. He's rushing in the. Yukon here 92 00:08:16,60 --> 00:08:20,14 I'll make it a lot. But it will take 93 00:08:20,15 --> 00:08:25,69 a. Toll right now we're. 94 00:08:31,48 --> 00:08:35,16 Going to hear him we talk and OK now I just. 95 00:08:39,60 --> 00:08:41,79 I understand that you've been invited to the G.M. 96 00:08:41,95 --> 00:08:45,66 No dear I'm going to be an issue I mean no sir I'm going to be an entertainer the 97 00:08:45,67 --> 00:08:46,36 moment you're going to be 98 00:08:46,37 --> 00:08:51,01 a judge no one could be an interesting. Jericho you only say that because telling 99 00:08:51,02 --> 00:08:54,14 me I'm going to be a judge is a lot like yes I'm going to be 100 00:08:54,15 --> 00:08:58,39 a judge I think so much time to get some sensible judges on here because I also 101 00:08:58,40 --> 00:09:00,55 have been in the past have not been doing such 102 00:09:00,56 --> 00:09:07,02 a good job and I don't know what will I don't know Jose after I don't know why and 103 00:09:07,03 --> 00:09:13,29 then you know it's just I don't know. How all of this is when I. Think he's going 104 00:09:13,30 --> 00:09:20,24 to be one of the to be run and you're going to be one right. Right I'm really 105 00:09:20,25 --> 00:09:23,63 happy I have to read as I would like to reopen the case a little bit of 106 00:09:23,64 --> 00:09:26,79 a lack of my last day and I am going to be 107 00:09:26,80 --> 00:09:30,89 a very good company the judge you think that in the past will happen so exceedingly 108 00:09:30,90 --> 00:09:35,03 good that they are they're asked to come back again and I can have 109 00:09:35,04 --> 00:09:38,17 a good Right OK and if that sat down next. 110 00:09:44,19 --> 00:09:50,12 I want to try and play Odierno for them yeah I think my right and I have you been 111 00:09:50,13 --> 00:09:52,94 doing this deal and I do it every once in 112 00:09:52,95 --> 00:09:59,56 a while I am because of the hospitals and play in the. Different places have to get 113 00:09:59,57 --> 00:10:05,58 a name for this on all just sometimes I play alone sometimes I play with the bunch 114 00:10:05,59 --> 00:10:12,38 of mostly right I think I feel straight back Oh yes yes yes I thank you 115 00:10:12,39 --> 00:10:15,06 very very much you're welcome but really it's 116 00:10:15,07 --> 00:10:21,89 a of to watch the elderly talent show I thank you and. I together and 117 00:10:22,21 --> 00:10:27,59 anybody that you know that the dogs think today now noble we just send them out 118 00:10:27,60 --> 00:10:32,74 every year and I was shivering and they just had to say seven of my friends and I 119 00:10:32,75 --> 00:10:38,20 said yes please come out let time maybe even gentleman is about changing. 120 00:10:57,29 --> 00:10:57,84 The bugs. 121 00:11:04,79 --> 00:11:05,52 With the looks. 122 00:11:15,79 --> 00:11:22,74 Of. The. Woman. In 123 00:11:22,75 --> 00:11:24,57 the blue. 124 00:11:39,75 --> 00:11:46,60 Collar jobs and. The country here is. A. Very 125 00:11:46,64 --> 00:11:53,62 clear her area and this is where we are. And that's the 126 00:11:54,25 --> 00:12:00,98 worry. In September the group learned how to edit out me the. 127 00:12:02,16 --> 00:12:03,42 E.C. 128 00:12:03,79 --> 00:12:06,11 There. Was 129 00:12:06,12 --> 00:12:13,02 a. Leak. In the knowledge from I am 130 00:12:13,67 --> 00:12:19,58 doing wrong. I'm still the automatic. Yes. 131 00:12:20,95 --> 00:12:26,49 I know do I. Leave you British stuck on 132 00:12:26,55 --> 00:12:27,30 a chair for 133 00:12:28,14 --> 00:12:33,62 a week so you know what you want to know not to go all the way back again to see 134 00:12:33,63 --> 00:12:35,16 where we see the T.V. 135 00:12:35,17 --> 00:12:35,83 You don't see 136 00:12:36,49 --> 00:12:44,08 a new member was nothing five hundred fifty five right here. The 137 00:12:44,09 --> 00:12:48,19 generations producers' group will meet all year at Summerville community T.V. 138 00:12:48,36 --> 00:12:52,67 To produce television programs by for and about the elders of Somerville. 139 00:13:02,17 --> 00:13:06,55 And reckon back to dead or alive on our special show access in the cable community 140 00:13:06,56 --> 00:13:11,68 groups with me I have some guests who worked on the show the excerpt you just saw 141 00:13:11,69 --> 00:13:17,18 on generations to my left as South Hooghly C welcome South to sounds that is 142 00:13:17,19 --> 00:13:21,93 suddenly story suddenly is executive producer of the generations who works with 143 00:13:21,94 --> 00:13:23,17 scat and Sal as 144 00:13:23,18 --> 00:13:27,72 a member of the generation's part of the generations producers group is that right 145 00:13:27,76 --> 00:13:31,86 right so tell me how are the run of you've been involved with the generations 146 00:13:31,87 --> 00:13:36,56 producers group. I say about four months and how do you write if you get involved 147 00:13:37,04 --> 00:13:39,22 All right can we have 148 00:13:39,23 --> 00:13:44,85 a rocking crowd we happen to come down here and we saw the way I cam was going on. 149 00:13:46,53 --> 00:13:46,73 Quite 150 00:13:46,74 --> 00:13:51,94 a few of us and that's how we started right now let me ask you this Would you prefer 151 00:13:51,95 --> 00:13:57,34 to be in front of the camera behind the guy that had. During the Monteith that we 152 00:13:57,35 --> 00:14:00,50 just saw that we did on the show you were doing 153 00:14:00,51 --> 00:14:05,42 a whole lot of that work right right right what has been your favorite show so far 154 00:14:05,61 --> 00:14:11,59 you have one. Where we were about to say yeah I'm great city how long have you been 155 00:14:11,60 --> 00:14:14,95 involved working with this group that from months that's how long the group has 156 00:14:14,96 --> 00:14:20,06 existed. And sound I was as we were talking for the show I think that we really 157 00:14:20,07 --> 00:14:20,21 have 158 00:14:20,22 --> 00:14:24,14 a lot to be proud of because in those four months we've had three shows go on the 159 00:14:24,38 --> 00:14:26,60 air so I think these guys have done 160 00:14:26,61 --> 00:14:30,73 a really great job how many people are involved in the generations produces Well 161 00:14:30,74 --> 00:14:37,27 it's pretty much any senior who lives in summer who's interested in working on 162 00:14:37,28 --> 00:14:38,57 video on T.V. 163 00:14:38,88 --> 00:14:41,12 Certainly if anybody had an idea of 164 00:14:41,13 --> 00:14:43,27 a show that they were interested in having produced 165 00:14:43,28 --> 00:14:47,51 a particular idea they could get in touch with me here and then we would work 166 00:14:47,52 --> 00:14:51,12 together to make certain that that program happened and at the moment we're going 167 00:14:51,13 --> 00:14:55,09 to say that six or seven eight people actively All right what kind of shows if you 168 00:14:55,10 --> 00:15:01,73 don't pass or might not seem to only know this month is a tape of an A.A.R.P. 169 00:15:01,74 --> 00:15:05,87 Meeting that was introducing were for people who don't know the answer Association 170 00:15:05,88 --> 00:15:11,80 of Retired Persons that was introduced seems to several heard legislators from this 171 00:15:11,81 --> 00:15:17,45 area and then we had a show that was video short which was kind of 172 00:15:17,46 --> 00:15:21,13 a collection of different interviews that they did with each other is the kind of 173 00:15:21,14 --> 00:15:25,09 practiced using the different Quitman and we just saw 174 00:15:25,10 --> 00:15:28,86 a little bit of in the last tape which was the some of the others talent show 175 00:15:29,29 --> 00:15:32,45 creator those are the three programs who had on Andrew for rocking on another 176 00:15:32,46 --> 00:15:37,17 project now. Which was the dedication of the senior center here in Somerville last 177 00:15:37,18 --> 00:15:42,32 month. What kind of advice would you get Would you talk to other seniors to get 178 00:15:42,33 --> 00:15:44,90 involved in doing this I would go through 179 00:15:44,91 --> 00:15:51,90 a lot of the things I could do it all. Began with Barbara the only thing 180 00:15:51,91 --> 00:15:56,31 they wanted here it's very very good. Well I have 181 00:15:56,32 --> 00:16:01,58 a question to just seems to I don't seem to ever have heard of up community public 182 00:16:01,59 --> 00:16:06,29 access facility that actually had shows produced by seniors voicing which is this 183 00:16:06,30 --> 00:16:12,49 I'm usually. Well I think it's only taken twenty speak for I have 184 00:16:12,87 --> 00:16:18,52 a really committed to trying to have the senior Spears much and so on as possible 185 00:16:18,79 --> 00:16:22,09 I've talked to other people who've had kind of similar programs but I don't think 186 00:16:22,18 --> 00:16:27,14 the seniors actually ran the cameras in the equipment to show that So on our 187 00:16:27,40 --> 00:16:32,65 seniors ran the cameras did the audio and did the editing so that I tried to just 188 00:16:32,66 --> 00:16:36,57 be the brokenness ational person and I try to keep my hands off as much as they can 189 00:16:36,58 --> 00:16:42,76 do you like this is my chance of growing on me. And Brian may have and they 190 00:16:43,57 --> 00:16:48,83 are so right good. What kind of feedback do you are good to from other seniors in 191 00:16:48,84 --> 00:16:52,73 the community to please other people watch these shows farmers I understand there's 192 00:16:52,73 --> 00:16:58,74 . No regrets three this this film so it's only 193 00:16:59,69 --> 00:17:05,11 takes a good month yeah before you do everything you know. Takes 194 00:17:05,12 --> 00:17:11,26 a good month or so so you would help other people to come down then when you go got 195 00:17:11,27 --> 00:17:16,19 room for other people in this group who want to. Just cry get you out and ask for 196 00:17:16,20 --> 00:17:20,03 me or ask for Sal that's really exciting they really thank you all for being here 197 00:17:20,04 --> 00:17:24,99 and showing. The next tape that we're going to see. Is 198 00:17:25,00 --> 00:17:29,98 a tape that is all about reading the news it's basically called the talking news 199 00:17:30,46 --> 00:17:35,61 and it's done by Jon let's break in the community schools. And we're going to have 200 00:17:35,62 --> 00:17:40,59 he's going to be joining us after that so please stay tuned and stay with us for 201 00:17:40,63 --> 00:17:47,31 talking news. Welcome to talking news 202 00:17:47,32 --> 00:17:50,73 Nov tenth nineteen eighty eight talking News has 203 00:17:50,74 --> 00:17:56,52 a recurring taped news program using articles from local papers and other resources 204 00:17:56,90 --> 00:18:03,11 this service is brought to you by Somerville community schools My name is Joe let's 205 00:18:03,12 --> 00:18:08,83 Berkeley and now with the newest resident parking plan for a lot buy 206 00:18:08,84 --> 00:18:12,93 a lot of room in the Somerville Journal city officials are abandoning 207 00:18:12,94 --> 00:18:16,01 a ploy and to build a parking lot on an M.B. 208 00:18:16,02 --> 00:18:20,67 To own site on Summer Street in the face of opposition from neighbors who want 209 00:18:20,68 --> 00:18:22,50 housing there instead at 210 00:18:22,51 --> 00:18:26,98 a meeting of the Davis Square campus force last Thursday members shouted down 211 00:18:26,99 --> 00:18:32,25 a proposal to provide about forty parking spaces for local business people on was 212 00:18:32,26 --> 00:18:37,05 occupied by an emergency access shaft today in this subway tunnel. 213 00:18:39,45 --> 00:18:44,33 They reiterated demand million is wrong is six years ago that houses or offices be 214 00:18:44,34 --> 00:18:46,03 built there the M.B.T. 215 00:18:46,04 --> 00:18:47,56 A wants to lease the site to 216 00:18:47,57 --> 00:18:52,57 a developer that will use it in whatever way the city requests may hinge in Broome 217 00:18:52,58 --> 00:18:57,33 said his plans to abide by the neighborhood position because of the inconvenience 218 00:18:57,37 --> 00:19:02,19 they experience during the tunnel construction the sixteen thousand seven hundred 219 00:19:02,20 --> 00:19:06,37 square foot lot has been vacant since the David Square station opened in one nine 220 00:19:06,38 --> 00:19:11,35 hundred eighty four three houses once occupied the land which the M.B.T. 221 00:19:11,36 --> 00:19:17,06 a Took by eminent domain as part of the subway project. At the meeting at the 222 00:19:17,07 --> 00:19:21,22 meeting in the gobby argue that without more parking commerce and David Square 223 00:19:21,23 --> 00:19:27,64 would be threatened I have three hundred applications. From unarmed Somerville 224 00:19:27,65 --> 00:19:32,20 resident business people those people have to park somewhere he told the town 225 00:19:32,21 --> 00:19:33,74 sports if you don't find 226 00:19:33,75 --> 00:19:39,02 a solution somewhere in three years the square will be dead. He said employees 227 00:19:39,03 --> 00:19:44,08 parking meter spaces meant for customers were residents residential streets because 228 00:19:44,09 --> 00:19:48,29 they have no other place to park and pay the tickets they get for parking illegally 229 00:19:48,87 --> 00:19:52,59 recent commercial development in the square has increased parking demands officials 230 00:19:52,60 --> 00:19:52,91 say. 231 00:20:04,81 --> 00:20:10,86 Welcome back to daddy alive recently in the studio now is Janet spent Joel is 232 00:20:10,87 --> 00:20:15,19 a program specialist at the for the summer community schools and also the producer 233 00:20:15,20 --> 00:20:15,68 of and 234 00:20:15,69 --> 00:20:20,95 a very she was in the talking News I'm Joanna rended your right did you start doing 235 00:20:20,96 --> 00:20:26,01 this on this the talking is the the talking news program started 236 00:20:26,02 --> 00:20:31,08 a few years ago we one of the many programs that we run in this city is 237 00:20:31,09 --> 00:20:38,07 a social club for visually impaired adults and we were told by this 238 00:20:38,08 --> 00:20:41,43 group that they didn't have access to medical notes they couldn't read the 239 00:20:41,44 --> 00:20:47,84 newspaper. So we started the trucking news with this group of maybe twenty members 240 00:20:48,55 --> 00:20:55,52 making the tape and then offering copies to the members and you know last year I 241 00:20:55,53 --> 00:20:57,43 realized that there were 242 00:20:57,81 --> 00:21:02,58 a number of people in this city. Who were not members of this group who were also 243 00:21:02,59 --> 00:21:07,77 didn't have access for. Any number reasons either because they couldn't afford the 244 00:21:07,78 --> 00:21:10,06 newspapers or were just in 245 00:21:10,07 --> 00:21:16,95 a bad access to other news letters that they're included. Looking for Chapter three 246 00:21:17,04 --> 00:21:19,39 The burthen Broyard and hearing N.P.R. 247 00:21:19,40 --> 00:21:26,15 I. Knew I was on there when I can't wait. For great ideas the radio with no 248 00:21:26,16 --> 00:21:30,84 visual which I find from his pen things that. Kind of thing because you've gotten 249 00:21:30,85 --> 00:21:36,95 people really listen to it it's some people have it's hard to know who the ready 250 00:21:36,96 --> 00:21:43,79 and there are I actually hear feedback from the. Project out the people who 251 00:21:43,83 --> 00:21:50,31 which is our program then I heard you again on cable because it's on twice 252 00:21:50,35 --> 00:21:53,14 a week. At it at 253 00:21:53,15 --> 00:21:57,69 a decent time when they have even more access to the news but I don't know. The 254 00:21:57,70 --> 00:22:02,22 readiness is out there I haven't heard it just seem to take it back when it 255 00:22:02,26 --> 00:22:06,14 occasionally ask for people to. Listen to you like 256 00:22:06,32 --> 00:22:09,59 a very nice phrase for that and I know you I just actually sounded different when I 257 00:22:09,60 --> 00:22:13,63 was listening to it this afternoon the editor tell me what do you do do you read 258 00:22:14,27 --> 00:22:20,29 the sort of journal. The jury was I'm a pusher of the of the news because it is 259 00:22:20,30 --> 00:22:25,83 a main paper but some of this week. The Council on Aging puts out 260 00:22:25,84 --> 00:22:31,74 a newsletter that I'm not sure what the revenue it's his entire gearing it towards 261 00:22:31,75 --> 00:22:37,93 a. Group. And a disabled group also so there's 262 00:22:37,94 --> 00:22:44,11 a newsletter that comes out of growth some from. Breaking on the day but there are 263 00:22:44,12 --> 00:22:48,08 a number of. Newsletters but the journal is 264 00:22:48,26 --> 00:22:53,85 a major piece yeah yeah when thing I find so interesting about the excerpt that we 265 00:22:53,86 --> 00:22:57,24 shared with their talking news on it was that we put of this because that's how you 266 00:22:57,52 --> 00:23:01,95 basically had how it gets out to viewers that the character generator we always use 267 00:23:01,96 --> 00:23:04,48 the term C G People don't know what we're talking about used to be called the 268 00:23:04,49 --> 00:23:08,41 message we on the old days or the day before that the base of the community 269 00:23:08,42 --> 00:23:09,04 bulletin board is 270 00:23:09,05 --> 00:23:12,55 a better way I think the electronic bulletin board but it was interesting because 271 00:23:12,60 --> 00:23:17,23 your organization was also the community parents in bridge you know like here was 272 00:23:17,24 --> 00:23:20,58 your voice and they realize it was about the community squares use that 273 00:23:20,59 --> 00:23:25,69 a rabbit and it affected us very much. This week I really Equestria That's 274 00:23:25,70 --> 00:23:31,64 a plug OK this is what went on about community groups we've found craftspeople 275 00:23:31,68 --> 00:23:34,32 through Baltimore people have called us as 276 00:23:34,33 --> 00:23:40,52 a result of saying that because we run programs throughout the city. The clientele 277 00:23:40,53 --> 00:23:46,94 was is quite varied in age and members it's hard to reach somebody people's T.V. 278 00:23:46,95 --> 00:23:51,17 It's an excellent way of doing that right so we are constantly using that Bolton 279 00:23:51,18 --> 00:23:55,47 board to advertise programs and special events but I guess I just you know again I 280 00:23:55,48 --> 00:23:59,37 laughed when I said applied but it's exactly what. Access is is the best you know 281 00:23:59,38 --> 00:23:59,51 as 282 00:23:59,52 --> 00:24:03,42 a vehicle for in terms of getting the information from an organization you spent 283 00:24:03,43 --> 00:24:06,100 a lot of time working on it out to the community and what better way than using 284 00:24:07,01 --> 00:24:11,13 public access and again to encouraging people to use the community birds and bring 285 00:24:11,14 --> 00:24:13,75 a lot because I know that you know like right here 286 00:24:13,76 --> 00:24:17,04 a lot of people say oh yeah I saw that there you know and people do flip the 287 00:24:17,05 --> 00:24:22,01 channels and they find it you know in terms of community schools either Now this is 288 00:24:22,02 --> 00:24:26,88 sort of a non Well it's not non-visual but a different from 289 00:24:26,89 --> 00:24:30,06 a video let's say what other kinds of video have disappeared schools gotten 290 00:24:30,07 --> 00:24:36,66 involved and. We've done. Public Service Announcements of the types of programs 291 00:24:36,67 --> 00:24:41,72 which are wrong or versions kind of story go and some but we do what. 292 00:24:43,37 --> 00:24:50,27 We have had special taped. We rather take care programs throughout the city and 293 00:24:50,28 --> 00:24:57,07 kids of the students to go in the produce shows. Which I gather be more towards 294 00:24:57,08 --> 00:25:02,32 for. So I think it's a rather 295 00:25:02,33 --> 00:25:06,54 a range of things I'm currently. Editing 296 00:25:07,49 --> 00:25:12,04 a program on immigration in the city transferring slides on to video which will be 297 00:25:12,62 --> 00:25:17,47 broadcast recently could very involved with it and it's really important that 298 00:25:17,89 --> 00:25:22,90 because I think many schools use it we're moving on in the show dish to go to first 299 00:25:22,91 --> 00:25:27,47 I want to thank you for taking time out to be here tonight to tell. The next tape 300 00:25:27,48 --> 00:25:33,53 that we're going to see. A tape was produced by Caspar particularly Abbey Friedman 301 00:25:33,54 --> 00:25:36,95 and Juliet faith and it's 302 00:25:36,96 --> 00:25:40,78 a it's it's also I write my dad it's in Portuguese and we're going to be talking 303 00:25:40,79 --> 00:25:45,08 about why people chose to do this tape and in Portuguese so stay with us. 304 00:26:03,33 --> 00:26:09,97 That's impossible because the voice. The read said they don't post the same common 305 00:26:09,98 --> 00:26:15,24 in place events press. The inspiring efforts of other sections of the. 306 00:26:16,63 --> 00:26:23,51 President such as the we do this to. Close it down the barrel 307 00:26:24,47 --> 00:26:30,100 thing is open the minister. Who is with the well. With us of an employer 308 00:26:31,28 --> 00:26:37,69 wins that. Kind of I'm not going to close because of the so the except for the say 309 00:26:37,70 --> 00:26:42,55 no messing around. And you can be anything mean I've got this now this is 310 00:26:42,56 --> 00:26:48,80 a step and you can get that it's nice and easy to mix with this is good for the. 311 00:26:50,75 --> 00:26:54,57 Me I'm in place and synthesis in that sense that. 312 00:26:57,09 --> 00:27:03,23 The fight necessary but with the sort of man the. Heat 313 00:27:04,22 --> 00:27:10,18 gets wasted but because of them not just to the south as of now gets them got this 314 00:27:10,33 --> 00:27:12,96 but if it is it would come to some of us 315 00:27:12,97 --> 00:27:16,32 a bit with too much but again there it was with the gruesome images going to some 316 00:27:16,33 --> 00:27:23,32 of it with some of. The kids confab business and slam 317 00:27:23,77 --> 00:27:24,60 the first sign. 318 00:27:38,51 --> 00:27:45,14 That some class. Has been going to protest the same time condemn us and think 319 00:27:45,53 --> 00:27:48,59 that. This is 320 00:27:48,60 --> 00:28:02,31 a good lesson that keeps it. Welcome 321 00:28:02,32 --> 00:28:06,26 back to our show on community groups and how they use the access to television here 322 00:28:06,27 --> 00:28:11,23 and some of the I quickly announced the last tape is Casper and I think if you've 323 00:28:11,44 --> 00:28:12,12 lived in the city for 324 00:28:12,13 --> 00:28:15,83 a long time you know them is cast by broadcast by stands for is Cambridge and 325 00:28:15,84 --> 00:28:21,52 Somerville program for alcoholism rehabilitation and I'd like to introduce the 326 00:28:21,53 --> 00:28:25,49 guests with with me for this segment to my left is Abby Friedman was 327 00:28:25,50 --> 00:28:29,50 a community producer and was one of the co-producers of the tape you just saw to 328 00:28:29,51 --> 00:28:35,48 her left is Juliet faithful who is the cross cultural consultant for Caspar Iraq 329 00:28:35,49 --> 00:28:40,54 onto the show. I guess I want to ask you first Julie Wright did you want to do this 330 00:28:40,55 --> 00:28:45,61 tape why did Caspar Inn you choose to work in this particular tape where we've been 331 00:28:45,62 --> 00:28:51,28 trying to extend the curriculum we teach in alcohol education curriculum in the 332 00:28:51,29 --> 00:28:56,47 schools from kindergarten to twelfth grade we wanted to extend the curriculum to 333 00:28:56,48 --> 00:29:02,69 the Portuguese speaking population and really we found there were no firms that 334 00:29:02,73 --> 00:29:07,66 were either in Portuguese or that were culturally relevant that you know embodied 335 00:29:07,67 --> 00:29:13,42 some of the cultural beliefs and use Portuguese actors that the kids could identify 336 00:29:13,43 --> 00:29:18,47 with so that's what we decided that it would be worthwhile to pass the time and to 337 00:29:18,90 --> 00:29:23,96 develop and to use in the schools they understand this this film is still in 338 00:29:23,97 --> 00:29:25,39 progress to sweep mostly got 339 00:29:25,40 --> 00:29:31,31 a sneak preview of this right there right first. It's really it's really really 340 00:29:31,32 --> 00:29:35,41 nice what I've seen of it I mean I don't speak Portuguese but visually it's really 341 00:29:35,42 --> 00:29:40,86 beautiful. How was it like working together. Well. 342 00:29:42,19 --> 00:29:46,78 Interesting and it's been really. I think both of us have learned 343 00:29:46,79 --> 00:29:52,45 a lot from each other really it had never been any filmmaking or video before and I 344 00:29:52,46 --> 00:29:55,33 had never worked with 345 00:29:55,37 --> 00:29:59,00 a group different from my own culture so I think. I learned something of another 346 00:29:59,01 --> 00:30:04,54 culture and also it's quite an experience to work in 347 00:30:04,55 --> 00:30:09,24 a foreign language that I didn't understand as well so you know we spent 348 00:30:09,25 --> 00:30:12,84 a lot of time together in the editing room I thought it was 349 00:30:12,85 --> 00:30:16,74 a great many hours ahead of us to I think that had to be 350 00:30:16,75 --> 00:30:21,26 a lot of play off were constantly you know tuning into each other because I was 351 00:30:21,27 --> 00:30:26,14 unfamiliar with the technical aspects and Abby can speak Portuguese so we had to 352 00:30:26,15 --> 00:30:29,62 work together but I think it worked very well so this is 353 00:30:29,63 --> 00:30:32,49 a good example to have another road IT organizations that may not have 354 00:30:32,50 --> 00:30:36,75 a staff person that can go out and do the video work with other people like 355 00:30:36,76 --> 00:30:41,77 yourself like many producer freelance producer to be able to make sure the 356 00:30:41,78 --> 00:30:48,73 technical thing comes out. I also was curious to ask you how it doesn't cast by use 357 00:30:48,74 --> 00:30:53,83 videotape in other ways too. But will you still use it with the pier we have Peter 358 00:30:53,84 --> 00:31:00,51 laid there that run peer groups for our kids in the schools but we're not currently 359 00:31:00,52 --> 00:31:04,82 using it because I think our video equipment with with them will end up taking away 360 00:31:04,94 --> 00:31:07,09 we hope to get back into the way we use 361 00:31:07,10 --> 00:31:12,34 a lot of videotapes for actually going laying down menus in the discussion. 362 00:31:14,38 --> 00:31:15,99 And that's what this tape it's about it's 363 00:31:16,00 --> 00:31:22,32 a trigger film so you know you well it's really an interactive experience what you 364 00:31:22,33 --> 00:31:27,38 saw was just a few minutes of about a six minute trigger which involved 365 00:31:27,39 --> 00:31:31,89 a situation with peer pressure and drinking and what we'll do is show that and then 366 00:31:31,90 --> 00:31:32,24 start 367 00:31:32,28 --> 00:31:38,88 a discussion about how did people feel. What were the choices available what options 368 00:31:38,89 --> 00:31:43,36 to teenagers have to deal with peer pressure and drinking so really it's part of 369 00:31:43,37 --> 00:31:49,02 the whole curriculum and during that time will also talk about resources the places 370 00:31:49,03 --> 00:31:51,81 where you can go for help but it sounds like it's also could be 371 00:31:51,82 --> 00:31:55,98 a stand alone like the one on access as well could it go out by itself does it need 372 00:31:55,99 --> 00:32:02,85 to stay in the world. OK In fact I wouldn't put it out over access unless there was 373 00:32:02,94 --> 00:32:06,38 some kind of discussion surrounding it you know because we don't answer any 374 00:32:06,39 --> 00:32:09,26 questions we just raises raises the other way maybe 375 00:32:09,27 --> 00:32:10,79 a way to do it too is would you use 376 00:32:10,80 --> 00:32:15,68 a Life studio show or something to use that you know. I don't so I'd like to ask 377 00:32:15,69 --> 00:32:16,75 you Abby to you work with 378 00:32:16,76 --> 00:32:20,45 a lot of different community groups help is there other ways that community groups 379 00:32:20,46 --> 00:32:24,42 can get involved in public access here and Senator Well I think that you know there 380 00:32:24,43 --> 00:32:28,98 are two ways either the groups could come in. With somebody from one of the 381 00:32:28,99 --> 00:32:34,19 organizations could take the classes and sort of go through the process of learning 382 00:32:34,20 --> 00:32:34,67 to make 383 00:32:34,71 --> 00:32:39,69 a video and I think really I was actually considering that before she made this and 384 00:32:39,70 --> 00:32:45,80 then the other way is simply to contacts and to get some referral you know for 385 00:32:45,81 --> 00:32:50,82 a producer and then work with the producer using Scout equipment and facilities and 386 00:32:50,83 --> 00:32:55,88 I think that's very good for community organizations to utilize the access station 387 00:32:55,89 --> 00:33:02,00 in the way that Caspar has because for organizations that have very tight budgets 388 00:33:02,34 --> 00:33:09,30 local small organizations. They have the opportunity you know to use this equipment 389 00:33:09,31 --> 00:33:11,45 really much lower rates than if they went to 390 00:33:11,46 --> 00:33:14,05 a commercial house and I think also they get 391 00:33:14,12 --> 00:33:18,11 a sense of commitment from both the producer and the access station because I felt 392 00:33:18,12 --> 00:33:21,62 very committed to the project but I think she was really interesting than that 393 00:33:21,94 --> 00:33:24,14 because I think that many community organizations bring 394 00:33:24,15 --> 00:33:28,07 a lot of different needs to public access is not just putting things out on the air 395 00:33:28,08 --> 00:33:30,89 but like you have done it's like created a way to work within 396 00:33:30,90 --> 00:33:32,16 a group setting so that 397 00:33:32,17 --> 00:33:36,43 a lot of times community groups use tapes to Shoebat playback within their own you 398 00:33:36,44 --> 00:33:40,09 know within their own my loue and everything so I think Scott has been really 399 00:33:40,10 --> 00:33:41,57 wonderful that sort of opening the doors to 400 00:33:41,58 --> 00:33:47,29 a lot of different ways to use it. And I thank you both for being here and I look 401 00:33:47,30 --> 00:33:51,30 forward to seeing if you can have subtitles though correct English subtitles or 402 00:33:51,40 --> 00:33:55,12 voice over There is going to be two versions someone will be only in Portuguese 403 00:33:55,24 --> 00:33:59,64 right one will have English subtitles for. Classes were there would be 404 00:34:00,39 --> 00:34:04,74 a mix when it was a group because the faculty generation sometimes they have 405 00:34:04,75 --> 00:34:08,39 a cultural piece I think speak English better than what you can write that's 406 00:34:08,40 --> 00:34:11,83 a really good idea they also I'd love to just add to right now that for 407 00:34:11,84 --> 00:34:16,46 a go the next top is that so has a very large Portuguese population and has for 408 00:34:16,47 --> 00:34:20,19 a long time one of the really wonderful organization is two in the city that deals 409 00:34:20,66 --> 00:34:24,13 specifically with the Portuguese some of the Portuguese American League Baseball 410 00:34:24,37 --> 00:34:28,46 which is actually housed in this building that's now upstairs here at the firehouse 411 00:34:28,47 --> 00:34:29,67 and inscribed on 412 00:34:29,68 --> 00:34:35,46 a lot of work on community television and public access I next tape that we'd like 413 00:34:35,47 --> 00:34:38,09 to go to right now. It's 414 00:34:38,10 --> 00:34:42,62 a tape card actually things called Meet the legislators and it's by the council for 415 00:34:42,63 --> 00:34:46,74 children and they do this every year so please stay with us and we'll be joined by 416 00:34:46,75 --> 00:34:48,44 one of the members of the Council for children. 417 00:35:08,73 --> 00:35:13,17 Welcome to the some of the Council for children's annual meeting of legislative 418 00:35:13,18 --> 00:35:17,62 night legislative med's been going on for six years and we're very happy tonight to 419 00:35:17,63 --> 00:35:24,02 have the first some of the contingent to my right is state Senator Salazar bino 420 00:35:24,03 --> 00:35:26,06 who's the chairman of the Public Safety Committee and 421 00:35:26,07 --> 00:35:30,16 a member of the Education and Human Services Committee next to sow who's 422 00:35:30,17 --> 00:35:31,57 representative Marie Howe 423 00:35:31,58 --> 00:35:36,37 a longtime member of the Ways and Means Committee next to Marie is Representative 424 00:35:36,38 --> 00:35:37,25 Joe Mackey 425 00:35:37,43 --> 00:35:41,70 a member of the raising moves can committee in the Judiciary Committee and next to 426 00:35:41,92 --> 00:35:45,25 the jail was Representative Peter Baluchi on the Rules Committee an energy 427 00:35:45,26 --> 00:35:50,74 committee but rather we have our legislators here Rep an up with two minute that 428 00:35:50,75 --> 00:35:55,72 introductory statements by the legislators then we're going to have its social 429 00:35:55,73 --> 00:35:59,65 statements by three members of the some of accounts of the children and then we'll 430 00:35:59,66 --> 00:36:04,01 have general audience questions to the legislators OK We will take 431 00:36:04,02 --> 00:36:10,39 a run or quick thirty second question from Joyce. And Senator 432 00:36:10,75 --> 00:36:16,24 as has been made. Here and I would ask you how you will work and how more funds we 433 00:36:16,25 --> 00:36:18,99 can work with you to be sure the children's programs get 434 00:36:19,00 --> 00:36:25,11 a fair shake could you remind them that children don't come there to support them. 435 00:36:28,96 --> 00:36:29,49 This is 436 00:36:29,50 --> 00:36:33,92 a question of I was thinking on my way over here today to some of the delegation 437 00:36:33,93 --> 00:36:38,52 could sit down and do this our budget for the state it would be done very fast and 438 00:36:38,53 --> 00:36:43,04 very easily. But that's that's 439 00:36:43,05 --> 00:36:47,83 a practical that's not the way it's going to work. I would just like to say that 440 00:36:47,84 --> 00:36:54,67 the very happy to be here tonight in. You have to legislate it to. 441 00:36:56,56 --> 00:37:01,54 Do the correct things to be. Concerned. 442 00:37:06,97 --> 00:37:07,47 Together. 443 00:37:13,71 --> 00:37:20,56 Because of. The. Fifty percent. That change. 444 00:37:23,50 --> 00:37:28,83 They have to. Have us for the. 445 00:37:30,09 --> 00:37:36,99 Cells but. More than seventy 446 00:37:36,100 --> 00:37:42,13 percent of the budget seventy percent increase in revenue to human service programs 447 00:37:42,13 --> 00:37:49,10 . Are not going to. Going to the crew 448 00:37:49,11 --> 00:37:55,18 that's not going to the. Government running to human services 449 00:37:56,15 --> 00:38:02,87 direct tension. Between spend for the spend for human 450 00:38:02,88 --> 00:38:06,94 services I don't think you'll see major cutbacks on the remaining thirty percent 451 00:38:06,95 --> 00:38:11,27 because I think. A cutback on the money spent on general government. 452 00:38:15,70 --> 00:38:19,72 Out of the budget you've got to have increased biometric concerns in the next few 453 00:38:19,73 --> 00:38:26,40 years that have to be addressed and. Competing for that. Question. 454 00:38:31,46 --> 00:38:38,10 For every dollar. The very. Cost effectiveness Patterson's in here 455 00:38:38,93 --> 00:38:41,80 most of the programming in the budget has been funded. 456 00:38:47,25 --> 00:38:52,12 Which begins on drive some of the. Statistics. Because the level one hundred 457 00:38:52,13 --> 00:38:54,38 dollars to provide a summer job for two men 458 00:38:54,62 --> 00:38:58,91 a class twenty thousand dollars to keep that team in a juvenile institution for 459 00:38:58,92 --> 00:39:01,100 a year but cost six hundred dollars to provide 460 00:39:02,01 --> 00:39:05,07 a ruler can spend Satori education services to 461 00:39:05,08 --> 00:39:08,92 a tune that cost more than twenty for one hundred dollars to finance 462 00:39:08,93 --> 00:39:13,49 a repeated growth for disadvantaged and so this is why we're responding here 463 00:39:13,50 --> 00:39:19,54 tonight let's spend it now and we don't have to spend it later General I haven't 464 00:39:19,55 --> 00:39:23,87 but just want to say that. We do spend a larger part of 465 00:39:23,88 --> 00:39:30,15 a budget on Human Services. I still think that we need more our 466 00:39:30,57 --> 00:39:37,01 priorities are not focused enough on the human part of our budget when we can pass 467 00:39:37,02 --> 00:39:41,74 a broad as you transportation brandishing for some three billion dollars It means 468 00:39:41,75 --> 00:39:47,14 that our emphasis is on sex and bottles and not simple. Thank you we'd like to 469 00:39:48,02 --> 00:39:51,93 thank you and I learned through their account of what you're in for the question 470 00:39:51,94 --> 00:39:54,16 and the panel most of all 471 00:39:54,17 --> 00:40:00,79 a Matthews rock ash and Susan Haggard too and we appreciate your question Senator 472 00:40:00,80 --> 00:40:04,27 a by no representative how representative Mackey represent 473 00:40:04,28 --> 00:40:08,57 a Logie for the service counter but surely we appreciate all your reckoning being 474 00:40:08,58 --> 00:40:14,84 here tonight thank you. Michael anyone to run they have questions whether some 475 00:40:14,85 --> 00:40:19,12 accounts with the children to read contact accounts or the office of six two three 476 00:40:19,43 --> 00:40:21,92 five zero nine two six we prostrate your support. 477 00:40:44,31 --> 00:40:47,08 Could even wrap compactor on a special show for Community T.V. 478 00:40:47,09 --> 00:40:48,75 Week accessing the channel 479 00:40:48,98 --> 00:40:52,62 a celebration of how community organizations use public access video here in 480 00:40:52,63 --> 00:40:56,67 Somerville my guest now is Mike Ash Mike is 481 00:40:56,68 --> 00:41:01,21 a member of the Council for children and is also the career edge or that career 482 00:41:01,22 --> 00:41:05,93 educational counselor at the some of the school system welcome Mike likely to lead 483 00:41:05,94 --> 00:41:09,79 to hear how long have you been involved with the Council for children are going on 484 00:41:09,80 --> 00:41:14,62 five years now four years and how long has this seemed to be since I've known the 485 00:41:14,63 --> 00:41:18,90 group been doing this sort of legislator for how long has that been going on well 486 00:41:18,91 --> 00:41:21,23 certainly since I've been with the consul I think for 487 00:41:21,24 --> 00:41:25,100 a few years prior to that as well I think that's our sort of our major interaction 488 00:41:26,01 --> 00:41:27,42 with community access T.V. 489 00:41:27,43 --> 00:41:32,21 Here and some of the lever year. I think it's an important issue and I think it's 490 00:41:32,22 --> 00:41:34,10 a way that we can get 491 00:41:34,11 --> 00:41:39,81 a run of the issues and many of the budgetary concerns we leveed in the newspapers 492 00:41:39,81 --> 00:41:45,37 . Problems with the state budget fiscal mismanagement and certain money those 493 00:41:45,38 --> 00:41:50,95 budget issues directly affect the kids here in Somerville. And as a member in as 494 00:41:50,96 --> 00:41:57,74 a console which is made up of community people power it's educators and people from 495 00:41:57,75 --> 00:42:03,60 wide variety of children's issues where we have two groups we like to meet with our 496 00:42:03,99 --> 00:42:06,03 representatives and senators once 497 00:42:06,04 --> 00:42:11,59 a year and sort of talk about issues particularly budgetary issues about the areas 498 00:42:11,60 --> 00:42:18,38 programming for kids funding for education. And many issues of that nature 499 00:42:18,39 --> 00:42:23,39 and how they directly affect our kids and some of all. How does it make 500 00:42:23,40 --> 00:42:26,16 a difference in terms of videotaping it versus just having that 501 00:42:26,17 --> 00:42:28,25 a community meeting place make 502 00:42:28,26 --> 00:42:34,71 a difference with either of the parents that we have in the community. Obviously 503 00:42:34,72 --> 00:42:35,35 Robbie on 504 00:42:35,36 --> 00:42:39,63 a regular basis for certain programs that their children might be into running now 505 00:42:39,63 --> 00:42:44,93 . By videotaping and broadcasting these when the meetings with the legislatures 506 00:42:44,94 --> 00:42:47,31 were legislator true or that's 507 00:42:47,32 --> 00:42:53,99 a tough way. To get some of this information out to parents and 508 00:42:54,00 --> 00:43:00,14 people in the community and they in turn are better able and better and for them to 509 00:43:00,15 --> 00:43:05,43 write their representatives our state senator. Just be aware of some of the things 510 00:43:05,44 --> 00:43:08,87 that are growing on the statehouse and they can in turn have an impact on some of 511 00:43:08,88 --> 00:43:12,19 these items OK Now very briefly because I've been given 512 00:43:12,20 --> 00:43:16,63 a signal that we have to move on yet to another tape but you also in terms of some 513 00:43:16,64 --> 00:43:20,65 of the school system is done some very interesting use of public access T.V. 514 00:43:20,66 --> 00:43:24,60 And doing the story in Taishan take Yeah well since we have 515 00:43:24,61 --> 00:43:29,50 a new high school. And it's very big and can be kind of intimidating for eighth 516 00:43:29,51 --> 00:43:34,19 grade students in conjunction with scouting and Charlie cloaks with their class 517 00:43:34,20 --> 00:43:35,53 last year we have 518 00:43:35,54 --> 00:43:40,37 a number of students who produce their own orientation tape for race graders coming 519 00:43:40,38 --> 00:43:45,89 to the school and many of the questions that the students ask were issues that are 520 00:43:45,97 --> 00:43:49,65 important to young students coming up to the high school so they for them are 521 00:43:49,66 --> 00:43:53,98 comfortable there and I was running fine it's another unusual use of using public 522 00:43:53,99 --> 00:44:00,21 access Thanks again for being here my in good luck with future legislator friends. 523 00:44:01,32 --> 00:44:05,32 Right now we're going to go to red tape my last tape of the show. This is 524 00:44:05,33 --> 00:44:09,79 a tape that was produced by the Claritin here tenant Kloden helped our Tennis 525 00:44:09,80 --> 00:44:12,72 Association so stay with us and we'll be joined with 526 00:44:12,73 --> 00:44:14,22 a member of that group when we return. 527 00:44:43,26 --> 00:44:44,68 In one of these buildings 528 00:44:44,72 --> 00:44:50,30 a nice clean and well maintained one bedroom apartment including utilities cost 529 00:44:50,31 --> 00:44:53,31 three hundred seventy two dollars This is 530 00:44:53,32 --> 00:44:57,26 a great location it's got underground parking and the buildings are kept in 531 00:44:57,30 --> 00:45:03,17 excellent condition. So while these apartments so cheap Well the truth is not that 532 00:45:03,18 --> 00:45:08,27 these are so cheap but that everything else and some of it was so expensive but the 533 00:45:08,28 --> 00:45:12,70 reason these rents of state affordable was simple the developers signed 534 00:45:12,71 --> 00:45:17,02 a contract with the Department of Housing and Urban Development that gave them 535 00:45:17,03 --> 00:45:23,50 a low interest HUD insured loan to build towers in return the developers agreed to 536 00:45:23,54 --> 00:45:28,47 keep the rents for water for forty years. Take 537 00:45:28,48 --> 00:45:35,18 a look around nice clean laundry rooms elevators that work clean entranceway 538 00:45:35,77 --> 00:45:40,67 a small playground for the children and apartments themselves little well designed 539 00:45:40,68 --> 00:45:46,27 as well as well kept. This elderly couple who has lived here for eighteen years 540 00:45:47,07 --> 00:45:51,52 they love it they raised their children here and now very active in the church next 541 00:45:51,53 --> 00:45:57,89 door we are happy here we're here for nineteen years because you'll not fall. And I 542 00:45:57,90 --> 00:46:02,81 want to stay here but if they do anything high on the ranch I won't be able to 543 00:46:02,82 --> 00:46:09,60 afford to stay. Tuned down here we were told to follow the box I figure for years I 544 00:46:09,61 --> 00:46:15,39 might be going on right. Now twenty more yet to call and that's always the line 545 00:46:15,40 --> 00:46:18,07 time you know being able to stay here for 546 00:46:18,08 --> 00:46:22,88 a lifetime not have to worry about moving we have our elderly right here in the 547 00:46:22,89 --> 00:46:29,46 specified gear and poverty's you tell us anything. He says My 548 00:46:29,76 --> 00:46:36,75 I'll please don't worry about something's going to work I like it. When 549 00:46:36,76 --> 00:46:43,29 you are. A nice idea and I would. Really like to meet and we should 550 00:46:43,30 --> 00:46:49,76 anybody. Get together. To try to 551 00:46:50,05 --> 00:46:54,46 save. Up and. Beautiful here. 552 00:46:58,97 --> 00:47:00,61 Young family was relieved to find 553 00:47:00,62 --> 00:47:04,74 a landlord that actually takes children because although it is illegal to 554 00:47:04,75 --> 00:47:10,13 discriminate against children landlords do it all the time we do enjoy it from 555 00:47:10,70 --> 00:47:17,13 wanting. To be with you know they're within their reach that the rains are not 556 00:47:17,14 --> 00:47:23,66 going to do this. Because you know it took us two years to move here in the midst 557 00:47:23,67 --> 00:47:29,23 of. You know the one thing is just not enough out there it's very hard to find. 558 00:47:31,37 --> 00:47:37,02 A client to help ours is an oasis of good affordable housing in the midst of all 559 00:47:37,03 --> 00:47:39,29 the rent inflation that has hit some local. 560 00:47:51,96 --> 00:47:52,83 I'm Mandy that 561 00:47:52,84 --> 00:47:58,21 a member of the Executive Committee of the tenants association we ask yourself why 562 00:47:58,22 --> 00:47:58,61 we have 563 00:47:58,62 --> 00:48:04,27 a tombs association that surely for buildings where there is no heat the landlord 564 00:48:04,28 --> 00:48:10,86 has tripled the rent and that's not true he or she is just heard. Well I live in 565 00:48:10,87 --> 00:48:15,94 Los Harrah's a forty year agreement with hide from him alone for 566 00:48:15,95 --> 00:48:21,26 a straight road edge to keep these apartments affordable rent through found out 567 00:48:21,30 --> 00:48:22,95 a year ago that is 568 00:48:22,96 --> 00:48:29,65 a clear eyes in that agreement that would allow him to prepay his mortgage at the 569 00:48:29,66 --> 00:48:35,09 end of twenty years which would be here in half or now. And he would then be out 570 00:48:35,10 --> 00:48:39,40 from under the hood restrictions requiring him to keep these apartments fordable. 571 00:48:40,69 --> 00:48:47,63 We were shattered we were shocked our home price risk. We're 572 00:48:47,64 --> 00:48:53,33 going to expected to condition added to for Tim's association to see what we could 573 00:48:53,34 --> 00:48:59,69 to her we might save our homes some people have lived here. Twenty years almost as 574 00:48:59,70 --> 00:49:00,48 a mature year and 575 00:49:00,49 --> 00:49:06,41 a half on the side of having to move again year in half or so when we go to market 576 00:49:06,42 --> 00:49:12,25 value it's just appalling they've moved fourteen times in last thirty years 577 00:49:13,19 --> 00:49:19,99 almost always because when became more than I could handle. So now you 578 00:49:20,00 --> 00:49:22,49 can see where we formed intent so she 579 00:49:22,50 --> 00:49:26,23 a shoe and you'll see what we're hoping we may be able to do you. 580 00:49:33,78 --> 00:49:36,16 And welcome back to our special show for Community T.V. 581 00:49:36,17 --> 00:49:40,13 Week nine hundred eighty eight with me is Helen Smith who is 582 00:49:40,14 --> 00:49:43,24 a member of the executive committee for the Clarion health towers tenant 583 00:49:43,25 --> 00:49:47,44 association who are the producers of the tape that you just saw Welcome Helen. 584 00:49:48,79 --> 00:49:52,38 Helen I really want to ask you first of all how did you get involved in the 585 00:49:52,39 --> 00:49:57,78 Claritin Hill towers Tenet Association. Well I had heard about the expiring lease 586 00:49:58,03 --> 00:49:59,39 and there was 587 00:49:59,40 --> 00:50:05,81 a meeting car that the part of House. Class was also 588 00:50:05,82 --> 00:50:12,82 involved and that's how we got Staten. The telling association 589 00:50:12,86 --> 00:50:14,80 think about doing a videotape right did you do 590 00:50:14,81 --> 00:50:19,37 a videotape public access. Well they thought that it would be 591 00:50:19,38 --> 00:50:24,07 a good way of them from the residence of some of the and also the tenants who 592 00:50:24,08 --> 00:50:30,26 couldn't come to the meetings. To give them some idea of what was taking place and 593 00:50:30,27 --> 00:50:32,22 did it work as we had 594 00:50:32,23 --> 00:50:37,81 a good response that kind of feedback I think and I'm sure. We had screenings at 595 00:50:37,82 --> 00:50:43,34 the different apartments people had videotaped it and people became interested in 596 00:50:43,35 --> 00:50:48,38 what was taking process Kraven help so you get interesting you get calls from 597 00:50:48,39 --> 00:50:51,34 people who maybe didn't know about it that and then they saw it on T.V. 598 00:50:51,52 --> 00:50:54,35 Or that mostly people that were working with them you know I think most of the 599 00:50:54,36 --> 00:50:59,16 people that were working with us right now that we're able to do have in producing 600 00:50:59,17 --> 00:51:04,32 this tape we just saw an excerpt from I was one of the interviewers and ourselves 601 00:51:04,33 --> 00:51:04,66 but just 602 00:51:04,67 --> 00:51:10,28 a page of making up the script so what sort of the producers too as well right now 603 00:51:10,29 --> 00:51:13,59 I want to ask you too that I think it's every shot of this take this tape is at 604 00:51:13,63 --> 00:51:15,80 least a half an hour long in my right mind did 605 00:51:15,81 --> 00:51:17,93 a lot of information we only rarely use 606 00:51:17,94 --> 00:51:20,97 a small part so it's just really the introduction of the issue like what's 607 00:51:20,98 --> 00:51:25,15 happening there what is happening now with this issue in terms of the forty year 608 00:51:25,16 --> 00:51:31,63 mortgage and since we since I'm a. Housing consultant who was 609 00:51:31,64 --> 00:51:36,77 a specialist in Homs and and she explored different avenues to come up with 610 00:51:36,78 --> 00:51:43,66 a plan for us to purchase the building and also we hired. An attorney Tim 611 00:51:43,67 --> 00:51:50,31 our recent polling Durante So we grew advisor and he has been communicating with 612 00:51:51,17 --> 00:51:58,06 one of the on this. Committee met twice with the owner who comes tomorrow who comes 613 00:51:58,07 --> 00:52:01,68 from knock. And we were offered him 614 00:52:01,69 --> 00:52:07,93 a competitive offer which he accepted. And last week he signed 615 00:52:07,94 --> 00:52:14,39 a letter of intent which demonstrates his commitment to sell the building to the 616 00:52:14,40 --> 00:52:17,80 tenants association so this would make this 617 00:52:17,84 --> 00:52:20,08 a you were telling me earlier this is like 618 00:52:20,09 --> 00:52:27,03 a co-operative and some level OK I get that you know it's because there are I.R.S. 619 00:52:27,07 --> 00:52:33,32 Restrictions but our attorney is going to get me searching to see 620 00:52:33,96 --> 00:52:36,86 that we will possibly be 621 00:52:36,93 --> 00:52:43,56 a nonprofit organization. And we'll keep Claverton Hill affordable for moderate 622 00:52:44,01 --> 00:52:50,82 income families. Controlled in 623 00:52:50,83 --> 00:52:55,19 perpetuity. And that means forever I have to ask you that it's 624 00:52:55,20 --> 00:53:00,23 a great. Well I think it's very exciting to see 625 00:53:00,71 --> 00:53:04,75 a group of people you know come together again because we do very well that's what 626 00:53:04,76 --> 00:53:06,68 I was in the shadow on but it also was 627 00:53:06,69 --> 00:53:13,66 a lot of work I I I know from. Many meetings 628 00:53:14,43 --> 00:53:18,08 in the last I don't we're going on this tape we're struggling like this issue Well 629 00:53:18,09 --> 00:53:22,42 I congratulate you on sticking to it and it sounds like you're almost near some 630 00:53:22,43 --> 00:53:27,41 kind of victory my right. Would be clear the final transaction create 631 00:53:28,10 --> 00:53:32,02 a great deal work to be done well it would be your next if this is the tenants are 632 00:53:32,03 --> 00:53:38,73 going to another video I think you got one in mind I have to cut the ribbon. A 633 00:53:38,74 --> 00:53:43,84 great I love it that's excellent and is there anything you would like to add or I 634 00:53:43,85 --> 00:53:50,68 want to run thank the community action. Agency of some ago provided us with 635 00:53:50,69 --> 00:53:55,87 full time staff since October one thousand wouldn't happen and also the city of 636 00:53:55,88 --> 00:54:01,30 someone who has been extremely supportive and great I really want to thank you very 637 00:54:01,31 --> 00:54:04,25 much for being on Helen and also Bush Iraq and your group 638 00:54:04,26 --> 00:54:07,66 a lot of luck and I love to be there for the ribbon ceremony but maybe I'll see it 639 00:54:07,67 --> 00:54:12,86 on public access to you. Or we like to do now is we're going to have someone just 640 00:54:12,87 --> 00:54:17,04 joined us you ready Matt and Jerry feel he's going to come on the set and Joey and 641 00:54:17,05 --> 00:54:18,95 Howard and I are going to do a what we call 642 00:54:18,96 --> 00:54:23,50 a wrap up telling really don't I didn't warn you about this earlier but we 643 00:54:23,51 --> 00:54:25,18 basically want to just sort of tell you 644 00:54:25,19 --> 00:54:27,72 a little bit about what's happening in the rest of community T.V. 645 00:54:27,73 --> 00:54:30,98 Week and I think I'm going to let Jay I've been talking 646 00:54:30,99 --> 00:54:35,36 a lot of think imma let Jerry give us an idea what can we see tomorrow through the 647 00:54:35,37 --> 00:54:41,70 best week OK first like to say actually that Helen and I have the. Joint pleasure I 648 00:54:41,71 --> 00:54:44,74 think of serving together in the in the So this is 649 00:54:44,75 --> 00:54:47,88 a legislative seminar series this. Now down at the State House have had 650 00:54:47,89 --> 00:54:51,64 a chance to meet to meet Helen in the last few weeks and 651 00:54:51,78 --> 00:54:56,21 a little bit more and this coming Thursday we're going to be role playing the roles 652 00:54:56,22 --> 00:54:57,92 of I'm going to be a state representative she's going to be 653 00:54:57,93 --> 00:55:03,90 a state senator. As I'm. Sure the reason I say that though too is because I think 654 00:55:03,91 --> 00:55:07,72 one of the exciting and the really fun things about working here is meeting people 655 00:55:07,73 --> 00:55:10,95 like Helen and the other people been on the show and getting to know them around 656 00:55:10,96 --> 00:55:15,09 the their issues and and just personal interest so it's been it's been really 657 00:55:15,10 --> 00:55:19,24 a lot of fun and they are programming for Community T.V. 658 00:55:19,25 --> 00:55:23,92 Week tomorrow night we have an evening that we're calling cultural diversity and 659 00:55:24,35 --> 00:55:28,02 what we're doing is setting the number of programs that are regularly producer 660 00:55:28,03 --> 00:55:31,45 Scott other places as well they give us 661 00:55:31,46 --> 00:55:36,42 a sense of some of the cultural and artistic diversity and Somerville we have 662 00:55:37,22 --> 00:55:43,68 contact over the Portuguese news magazine The crew will be on tomorrow night and 663 00:55:43,78 --> 00:55:48,66 also the tape that just completed the summer about Arts Council art beat program 664 00:55:49,06 --> 00:55:53,33 back in September will be on Thursday night we have about ten different types from 665 00:55:53,34 --> 00:55:58,21 into bit independent producers individual members of scat and around with short 666 00:55:58,22 --> 00:56:02,15 clips of each of them and each of those people talking about why they do video and 667 00:56:02,16 --> 00:56:05,02 I Friday night is the combination of the week which is 668 00:56:05,03 --> 00:56:09,33 a major event and I invite everybody at home to tune in at eight o'clock on Friday 669 00:56:09,34 --> 00:56:14,36 night and channel three and twenty two for the annual Scott Video Awards and this 670 00:56:14,37 --> 00:56:15,81 is about an hour hour and 671 00:56:15,82 --> 00:56:18,89 a half or so of time so we try to take during community T.V. 672 00:56:18,90 --> 00:56:22,66 We have to acknowledge people who have been particularly involved and particularly 673 00:56:22,67 --> 00:56:27,63 successful with community television so we have our own sort of version of the Emmy 674 00:56:27,64 --> 00:56:31,56 Awards that happen on Friday night but we invite everybody at home to tune in on 675 00:56:31,57 --> 00:56:35,56 that as well as long you know and I do try and entice is fine because you know all 676 00:56:35,57 --> 00:56:40,37 the people who are involved and that's that's pretty good right then I just want to 677 00:56:40,38 --> 00:56:45,07 say thank you for it to the producers group as were for helping to put that up to 678 00:56:45,08 --> 00:56:48,13 for putting the show I want to night. It's part of community to be with one of the 679 00:56:48,43 --> 00:56:50,69 strongest things a spin here in Somerville for 680 00:56:50,70 --> 00:56:54,02 a long time has been the Somerville producers group and the regular programs to do 681 00:56:54,03 --> 00:56:58,25 it that are alive every other week Thanks Terry right and I would like to just 682 00:56:58,29 --> 00:57:02,37 again wrap up the show with thanking all the people that were guests on our show 683 00:57:02,66 --> 00:57:07,54 and also to say that if you're out there watching the show that it's really our 684 00:57:07,55 --> 00:57:12,10 wonderful place to come down here whether an individual you're a member of 685 00:57:12,11 --> 00:57:16,69 a group and that public access is one of the last free places that we really do 686 00:57:16,70 --> 00:57:21,13 have to come and talk about what is important to us in our lives so I encourage you 687 00:57:21,27 --> 00:57:24,91 to take advantage of it whether you whether your to listen more often now that 688 00:57:24,92 --> 00:57:27,34 you've seen this or you come down actually learn how to run 689 00:57:27,35 --> 00:57:32,46 a camera so again the name of the show tonight was accessing the cable and the 690 00:57:32,47 --> 00:57:36,43 celebration of community groups and how they use public access we are the some of 691 00:57:36,44 --> 00:57:40,43 the producers group the show is dead or alive my name is Claire beat Thanks for 692 00:57:40,44 --> 00:57:41,08 joining us.